Ilana Belitskaya-Lévy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics

Research Interests: high-dimensional data analysis, algorithms for missing data analysis, cluster analysis, developing statistical methods for analyzing large data arising in genomics and molecular biology, DNA microarrays, flow cytometry; teaching.

Education: Dr. Belitskaya-Lévy earned her Ph.D. in Statistics from Stanford University in 2002.

Courses:

• G48.2304 Advanced Topics in Biostatistics (Spring, 2006)
• G48.2042 Genetic Susceptibility/Toxicogenomics (Spring, 2006)
• G48.2306 Elements of Applied Statistics and Data Mining, with Applications to Biology and Medicine (Spring, 2004)
• GCRC Clinical Research Training Course (Spring, 2006)
• Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Preventive Medicine, 2nd year medical students (Autumn, 2004)

Publications:

Belitskaya-Lévy I., Shao Y. and Goldberg JD (2006) "Statistical Analysis of Stratified Missing-At-Random (SMAR) Designs for Translational Research Studies." Submitted.

Bhojwani D., Kang H., Moskowitz N.P., Min D.J., Belitskaya-Levy I., Lee H., Potter J., Davidson D., Willman C.L., Borowitz M.J., Hunger S.P., Raetz E.A. and W.L. Carroll. (2006) "Biological Pathways Associated with Relapse in Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Children's Oncology Group Study." To Appear in Blood.

Belitskaya-Levy I. (2006) "A Generalized Clustering Problem, with Application to DNA Microarrays." Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology, Vol. 5, No. 1, Article 2. http://www.bepress.com/sagmb/vol5/iss1/art2

Arslan A.A., Gold L.I., Mittal K., Suen T.-C., Belitskaya-Levy I., Tang M.-S. and P. Toniolo (2005) “Gene expression studies provide clues to the pathogenesis of uterine leiomyoma: new evidence and a systematic review.” Human Reproduction, Vol. 20(4): 852-863.

Belitskaya-Lévy I., Shao Y. and Goldberg JD (2004) "Statistical Analysis of the Stratified Missing-At-Random (SMAR) Designs for Large Clinical Trials." NYU Biostatistics Technical Report, NYU BioStat 04-01.

Raju B, Hoshino Y, Kuwabara K, Belitskaya-Levy I, Prabhakar S, Canova A, Gold JA, Condos R, Pine RI, Brown S, Rom WN and MD Weiden (2004) "Aerosolized Gamma Interferon (IFN-g) Induces Expression of the Genes Encoding the IFN-g-Inducible 10-Kilodalton Protein but Not Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase in the Lung during Tuberculosis." Infection and Immunity, Vol. 72 No. 3: 1275-1283.

Hecht EM, Israel GM, Krinsky GA, Hahn WY, Kim DC, Belitskaya-Lévy I and VS Lee (2004) "Renal Masses: Quantitative Analysis of Enhancement with Signal Intensity Measurements versus Qualitative Analysis of Enhancement with Image Subtraction for Diagnosing Malignancy at MR Imaging." Radiology, 232(2).

Belitskaya-Lévy I. "A Generalized Clustering Problem, with Applications to DNA Microarrays." Invited Paper, Joint Statistical Meetings, August 2003.

Gonzales MJ, Belitskaya I, Dupnik KM, Rhee SY and Shafer RW. (2003) "Protease and Reverse Transcriptase Mutation Patterns in HIV Type 1 Isolates from Heavily Treated Persons: Comparison of Isolates from Northern California with Isolates from Other Regions." AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses, 19: 909-915.

Gonzales MJ, Wu TD, Taylor J, Belitskaya I, Kantor R, Israelski D, Chou S, Zolopa AR, Fessel WJ and Shafer R. "Extended Spectrum of HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase Mutations in Patients Receiving Multiple Nucleoside Analog Inhibitors." AIDS 2003, 17: 791-799.

Walther G., Belitskaya I, Pan, J., Herzenberg L, Moore W. and D. Parks. "Population Clustering Through Density-Based Merging." Patent #S02-215, Stanford University, April 2003.

Hong SJ, Natarajan R and Belitskaya I "Item Choice Recommendations." DaWaK 2001, 131-140.

Contact Information:
650 First Avenue, 5th floor
New York, NY 10016
e-mail: ilana.belitskaya@med.nyu.edu
phone: 212-263-6879
fax: 212-263-8570